1964’s Biggest Artists and Songs | ||
The Swingle Singers (1963 Best New Artist Grammy Winner for Bach’s Greatest Hits – Best Performance by a Chorus). Although you may have never heard of them, an ensemble still makes music. (website) | ||
Barbra Streisand (1963 Grammy for Album of the Year & Best Female Vocal Performance) The singer, actress, writer, film producer, and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards including a Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute Award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. If any artist deserves the title “Diva,” based on their accomplishments, it would be Barbra. | ||
Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini (Grammy for Record of the Year) Henry won 20 Grammys before he died in 1994. | ||
New Artists in the Pop Charts Included: The Beatles, The Animals, Barbara Streisand, The Four Tops, Dave Clark Five, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Hank Willams, Jr, Ramsey Lewis and Buck Owens | ||
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April 4, 1964’s Billboard Chart Included: | ||
1. Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles | ||
2. Twist and Shout – The Beatles | ||
3. She Loves You – The Beatles | ||
4. I Want To Hold To Your Hand – The Beatles | ||
5. Please Please Me – The Beatles | ||
31. I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles | ||
41. From Me To You – The Beatles | ||
42. We Love You Beatles – The Carefrees | ||
46. Do You Want To Know A Secret – The Beatles | ||
58.. All My Loving – The Beatles | ||
65.. You Can’t Do That – The Beatles | ||
68. Roll Over Beethoven – The Beatles | ||
79. Thank You Girl – The Beatles | ||
85. A Letter To The Beatles – The Four Preps | ||
1964’s Retro Top 10 Hits | ||
1. Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters | ||
2. Surfin’ Bird – The Trashmen | ||
3. I’m Into Something Good – Herman’s Hermits | ||
4. She Loves You – The Beatles | ||
5. Dawn (Go Away) – The Four Seasons | ||
6. Girl From Ipanema – Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto | ||
7. A World Without Love – Peter and Gordon | ||
8. Come A Little Bit Closer – Jay and the Americans | ||
9. She’s Not There – The Zombies | ||
10. The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) – Jan and Dean | ||
1964’s ‘One Hit Wonders’ | ||
1. California Sun – The Rivieras | ||
2. Little Honda – The Hondells | ||
3. Harlem Shuffle – Bob & Earl | ||
4. La La La La – The Blendells | ||
5. Haunted House – Gene Simmons | ||
6. You’re My World – Cilla Black | ||
7. I Wanna Love Him So Bad – The Jelly Beans | ||
8. The Jerk – The Larks | ||
9. Ringo – Lorne Green | ||
10. We Love You Beatles – The Carefrees | ||
1964’s R&B Soul Top 10 Hit List | ||
1. Dancing In The Street – Martha and the Vandellas | ||
2. My Guy – Mary Wells | ||
3. How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You – Marvin Gaye | ||
4. Baby Love – The Supremes | ||
5. Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes | ||
6. What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am) – TheTams | ||
7. Come See About Me – The Supremes | ||
8. Quicksand – Martha and the Vandellas | ||
9. Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um – Major Lance | ||
10. Keep On Pushin – The Impressions | ||
1964’s Pop Dance Top 10 Hit List | ||
1. Twist and Shout – The Beatles | ||
2. Rag Doll – Four Seasons | ||
3. I Get Around – The Beach Boys | ||
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles | ||
5. The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) – Betty Everett | ||
6. (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet – The Reflections | ||
7. No Particular Place To Go – Chuck Berry | ||
8. Suspicion – Terry Stafford | ||
9. Oh Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison | ||
10. G.T.O. – Ronny and the Daytonas | ||
More Dance Song Hits: | ||
Bread and Butter – Newbeats | ||
My Boy Lollipop – Millie Small | ||
Memphis – Johnny Rivers | ||
C’Mon and Swim – Bobby Freeman | ||
You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry | ||
1964’s Girl Groups Top 10 Hit List | ||
1. Chapel of Love – Dixie Cups | ||
2. Leader of the Pack – Shangri-Las | ||
3. Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand) – The Shangri-Las | ||
4. (The Best Part Of) Breakin’ Up – The Ronettes | ||
5. Walking In The Rain – The Ronettes | ||
6. I Wanna Love Him So Bad – The Jellybeans | ||
7. Do I Love You – Ronettes | ||
8. Whenever A Teenager Cries – Reparata & The Delrons | ||
9. Needle In a Haystack – The Velvelettes | ||
10. Goodnight – Butterflies | ||
More Girl Groups Song Hits: | ||
I Can’t Stand It – The Soul Sisters | ||
Jimmy Boy – The Girlfriends | ||
People Say – Dixie Cups | ||
I Never Dreamed – The Cookies | ||
Society Girl – The Rag Dolls | ||
1964’s Pop Rock Top 10 Hit List | ||
1. Do Wah Diddy – Manfred Mann | ||
2. House of the Rising Sun – The Animals | ||
3. You Really Got Me – The Kinks | ||
4. Time Is On My Side – Rolling Stones | ||
5. She’s Not There – The Zombies | ||
6. A Hard Days Night – The Beatles | ||
7. Bits and Pieces – Dave Clark Five | ||
8. Hippy Hippy Shake – The Swinging Blue Jeans | ||
9. Needles and Pins – The Searchers | ||
10. Glad All Over – Dave Clark Five | ||
PCM’s 1964 Top 10 Hit List | ||
1. Twist and Shout – The Beatles | ||
2. Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters | ||
3. I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles | ||
4. I’m Into Something Good – Herman’s Hermits | ||
5. Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley | ||
6. I Get Around – Beach Boys | ||
7. Pink Panther Theme – Henry Mancini | ||
8. My Guy – Mary Wells | ||
9. Fun, Fun, Fun – Beach Boys | ||
10. I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles |